1942 season in the minor leagues. In 12 seasons and 1,010 games, Garms hit .293 (910 for 3111) with 438 runs scored, 141 doubles, 39 triples, 17 home runs, 328 RBI, 288 walks, .355 on-base percentage, and a .379 slugging percentage. He appeared in the 1943 World Series and 1944 World Series, and was hitless in seven at-bats. Garms made the last out of the 1943 World Series when he grounded out to New York Yankees second baseman Joe Gordon in Game 5. After baseball After Garms retired, he purchased a ranch in Glen Rose, Texas. Garms lived at the ranch until the 1950s, when the severe Texas drought forced him to sell the ranch and move into town in 1959, where he worked as foreman for a lime quarry operation, and eventually served on the school board for Glen Rose Independent School District. Garms was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in the 1980s, and died on December 16, 1984. In 2004, Garms was inducted into the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame. See also List of Major League Baseball batting champions References External links 1907 births 1984 deaths Major League Baseball left fielders Major League Baseball right fielders Major League Baseball third basemen Howard Payne Yellow Jackets baseball players National League batting champions St. Louis Browns players Boston Bees players Pittsburgh Pirates players St. Louis Cardinals players Baseball players from Texas People from Glen Rose, Texas People from Brown County, Texas Augusta Tygers players Augusta Wolves players Sacramento Solons players San Antonio Missions players San Diego Padres (minor league) players Spartanburg Spartans players Topeka Senators players Wichita Falls Spudders players